Well, I haven't done this in a while, and since I have to go to bed soon and have nothing else to write about, let's watch some random videos on YouTube and see what happens, shall we?
Video 1: Giant Gonzalez (1993)
Here's a quick video of a match between Giant Gonzalez and Jim Powers that was shown on the March 14, 1993 edition of All American Wrestling. Gonzalez comes out with his manager, Harvey Wippleman, and is a legit seven feet, seven inches tall. However, he looks kind of goofy wearing a full body muscle suit sporadically covered with fur. The match starts and Powers throws some terrible punches to Gonzalez's gut to no reaction. A throat lift and a slam follows by Gonzalez, who ambles around the ring some before whipping Powers to the ropes and nearly taking his head off with a big boot. Gonzalez walks around for a while with his arms outstretched, looking like the world's tallest neanderthal, before putting Powers away with a chokeslam for the three count. Well, they weren't lying about the giant part, as Gonzalez looked about two feet taller than the 6'1" Powers. Of course, Gonzalez was so tall that he was athletic and never became even a decent wrestler, but I can see why WCW and the WWF tried to make something out of him. Sadly, Gonzalez passed away last year at the age of 44.
Video 2: Sports Illustrated Sneaker Phone Commercial
Back in the early 1990s, there were no iPhones or anything like that, oh no. Instead we would talk on phones shaped liked footwear. Well, most people wouldn't, but bear with me. After the runaway success of the Sports Illustrated football phone, SI decided to push the creative envelope even further and allow consumer to live out their lifelong dream of using their shoe to call somebody. Enter the sneaker phone. The commercial is set at a shoe store with consumers reacting to a ringing shoe. When they find out it's a sneaker phone, they react as if $100 bills were falling from the sky. One guy calls his wife to tell her about the wonders of a sneaker phone. The best part is, the sneaker phone is free, yes free, as long as you spend some 50 dollars on a subscription to Sports Illustrated. Of course, the guy in the store neglects to mention that part, as he just repeats that the phone is free even after being asked some 15 times by the same person. Personally, I'd rather have one of those cell phones the size of a brick than this phone, as I've never had any personal desire to talk to people through a flippin' shoe. But the way these people reacted, you would think that they just won the lottery. To each their own, I suppose.
Video 3: Redskins Fun Bunch in Dallas
This is a clip from a 1983 game between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys. In this clip, Redskins WR Art Monk does a great double-move on Dallas CB Ron Fellows and catches a Joe Theismann pass for a 43 yard touchdown. But then there are some fireworks after the touchdown, as the Redskins' skill players, known as the Fun Bunch gather in the back of the end zone to do their celebratory leap and high five maneuver. However, Cowboys DBs Michael Downs and Dennis Thurman want none of this, so they step in the middle of the circle to mess up the jump, Downs and Redskins WR Charlie Brown get in a shoving match before walking off the field, and a fight nearly breaks out after the extra point attempt. In today's NFL, premeditated group celebrations (and apparently, collective bargaining negotiations) are banned, so we won't be seeing that when the NFL comes back in 2012. The Cowboys are actually the ones that look ridiculous here, instead of just letting the Redskins do their thing in moving on, they have to start something instead. Hey, if you don't want them to celebrate, don't allow them to score, Cowboys of 28 years ago.
Video 4: Go Green Ranger Go
Simply put, this is a three minute tribute to the greatest of all the Power Rangers, the Green Ranger. While all the other Power Rangers didn't particularly stand out, the Green Ranger was the major domo of the group, conquering all his foes with top-notch martial arts skills with the assistance of some sort of giant mechanical dinobot. I don't know, it's been a long time since I've seen the show. Anyway, the video is set to a cheesy metal song titled, Go Green Ranger Go, and go he does as he lays the smackdown on everybody in this video and looks cool doing it. Wasn't the Green Ranger evil at one point, or is my memory playing tricks on me? I guess I could go back and watch some Power Ranger episodes, but that sounds like an idea for another post. Anyway, here's to you, Green Ranger.
Well, I think that's enough for now. Tomorrow I'll try to have another review up, although I have no idea about what. As always, thanks for reading, and if you have any comments on this review, or ideas for a future review, then share those either by leaving a comment or by sending me an e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Fun with YouTube Recommendations: November 17, 2010
As you may know, I suck at intros, so today I'm not even going to bother with one and jump into the post. Now let's see what YouTube tells me to watch, shall we?
Video 1: David Hasselhoff at Berlin Wall, 1989
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it's that Germans love David Hasselhoff. Here, Hasselhoff is live in concert, performing the song "Looking for Freedom" at the site of the Berlin Wall, which had been broken through just a few weeks before. In this video, Hasselhoff is wearing a leather jacket covered with flashing lights along with a piano-key styled scarf. The audio in this video isn't very clear, but the song is rather catchy, as most of it is just Hasselhoff singing "I've been looking for freedom". It's kind of hard to believe that the 'Hoff' was such a big deal that he sang in front of hundreds and thousands of people at the Berlin Wall on New Year's Eve 1989, but here he is, and supposedly the song 'Looking for Freedom' was an unofficial anthem behind the destruction of the Berlin Wall. An odd part of this video is that about 3 and a half minutes in, a firecracker comes flying at the stage, and if Hasselhoff wasn't ducking at the time, the firecracker would have hit square in the face. Instead, it went just over Hasselhoff and hopefully didn't do any damage.
Video 2: ABC "You'll Love It" 1985 Show Promos (3), 1985
This video is three separate promos for action shows on ABC, "The Insiders", "Spencer for Hire", and my favorite, "MacGyver". That in itself wouldn't be too bad, but ABC made the puzzling decision to write up a promo in the style of Randy Newman's song "I Love L.A." and hire the world's worst Randy Newman impersonator to sing the songs. The lyrics are unintelligent, the singing is pretty bad, and the "Spencer for Hire" promo is kind of creepy, as half of it just shows Spencer with his hands rubbing women's faces. Each promo ends with the chorus "On ABC, you'll love it, just you and me, you'll love it, on ABC". Which raises the question, who or what is the me in 'just you and me'. Is it ABC? Is it MacGyver? and why is it just you and me? Could I watch the shows with my wife or father or whoever, or does the presence of anyone else in the room causes one not to love ABC? I think I've over thought this silly little lyric, but still.
Video 3: Colts at Bills 97' Prime-Time
This video is highlights from a 1997 game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Buffalo Bills from the old ESPN show NFL Primetime, hosted by Chris Berman. The '97 version of Berman wasn't as annoying as today's version, who seems to shout every other word and is now 100 percent reliant on shtick when he does highlights now. Anyway, the Colts came into this game without an offensive touchdown scored during the season. Considering this was week 4, that is a bit of a problem. But never fear, the Colts score early and often here, building up a 26-0 nothing lead against the Todd Collins-led Bills. However, the young Collins, with some help from RB Antoawn Smith, leads the Bills all the way back, and with less than two minutes, the Bills have a 37-29 win. After a late hit sidelines QB Jim Harbaugh, the Colts backup, Paul Justin comes in and leads the Colts downfield, eventually throwing a touchdown to Marvin Harrison with nine seconds left to cut the lead to 2. On a two-point conversion, Bills S Kurt Schultz just bearhugs Harrison before the pass is thrown, but remarkably the ref doesn't call pass interference, and the conversion is no good. Despite recovering an onside kick, the Colts can not score and the Bills steal a victory. Good stuff, but that is one of the most blatant no-calls of pass interference I have ever seen, and I've watched a lot of football.
Video 4: Tommy Dreamer call out The Dudley Boyz
This video is from an ECW show in 1998. Tommy Dreamer enters the ring wearing a Nirvana shirt. Apparently, he is not happy that the Dudley Boyz have recently injured his girlfriend, Beulah McGillicutty, with their 3-D finisher, so he calls out any of Dudleys. Like any good ECW wrestler, he curses a lot while calling out the Dudleys. D-Von comes out wearing a pink tanktop and answers the call. Tommy has the advantage and starts firing away at D-Von, but if you attack one Dudley, you attack them all, as the rest of the Dudley crew comes out. They beat on Tommy some and Tommy takes a 3-D himself. While the Dudleys stomp away, New Jack, Spike Dudley, Axl Rotten, and Balls Mahoney come out, and they chase the Dudleys out of the ring. Afterwards, a message proclaims that ECW has no cross-dressing basketball players and no Hulk Hogan. Well, good for them.
Well, I'm getting tired so I'm going to go to bed. Tomorrow, I'll have an all new Canon Review for you to feast your eyes on. Thanks for reading, and remember, if you have any ideas for future reviews, or comments about this or previous reviews, then send them to me either by e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com or by leaving a comment on the blog.
Video 1: David Hasselhoff at Berlin Wall, 1989
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it's that Germans love David Hasselhoff. Here, Hasselhoff is live in concert, performing the song "Looking for Freedom" at the site of the Berlin Wall, which had been broken through just a few weeks before. In this video, Hasselhoff is wearing a leather jacket covered with flashing lights along with a piano-key styled scarf. The audio in this video isn't very clear, but the song is rather catchy, as most of it is just Hasselhoff singing "I've been looking for freedom". It's kind of hard to believe that the 'Hoff' was such a big deal that he sang in front of hundreds and thousands of people at the Berlin Wall on New Year's Eve 1989, but here he is, and supposedly the song 'Looking for Freedom' was an unofficial anthem behind the destruction of the Berlin Wall. An odd part of this video is that about 3 and a half minutes in, a firecracker comes flying at the stage, and if Hasselhoff wasn't ducking at the time, the firecracker would have hit square in the face. Instead, it went just over Hasselhoff and hopefully didn't do any damage.
Video 2: ABC "You'll Love It" 1985 Show Promos (3), 1985
This video is three separate promos for action shows on ABC, "The Insiders", "Spencer for Hire", and my favorite, "MacGyver". That in itself wouldn't be too bad, but ABC made the puzzling decision to write up a promo in the style of Randy Newman's song "I Love L.A." and hire the world's worst Randy Newman impersonator to sing the songs. The lyrics are unintelligent, the singing is pretty bad, and the "Spencer for Hire" promo is kind of creepy, as half of it just shows Spencer with his hands rubbing women's faces. Each promo ends with the chorus "On ABC, you'll love it, just you and me, you'll love it, on ABC". Which raises the question, who or what is the me in 'just you and me'. Is it ABC? Is it MacGyver? and why is it just you and me? Could I watch the shows with my wife or father or whoever, or does the presence of anyone else in the room causes one not to love ABC? I think I've over thought this silly little lyric, but still.
Video 3: Colts at Bills 97' Prime-Time
This video is highlights from a 1997 game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Buffalo Bills from the old ESPN show NFL Primetime, hosted by Chris Berman. The '97 version of Berman wasn't as annoying as today's version, who seems to shout every other word and is now 100 percent reliant on shtick when he does highlights now. Anyway, the Colts came into this game without an offensive touchdown scored during the season. Considering this was week 4, that is a bit of a problem. But never fear, the Colts score early and often here, building up a 26-0 nothing lead against the Todd Collins-led Bills. However, the young Collins, with some help from RB Antoawn Smith, leads the Bills all the way back, and with less than two minutes, the Bills have a 37-29 win. After a late hit sidelines QB Jim Harbaugh, the Colts backup, Paul Justin comes in and leads the Colts downfield, eventually throwing a touchdown to Marvin Harrison with nine seconds left to cut the lead to 2. On a two-point conversion, Bills S Kurt Schultz just bearhugs Harrison before the pass is thrown, but remarkably the ref doesn't call pass interference, and the conversion is no good. Despite recovering an onside kick, the Colts can not score and the Bills steal a victory. Good stuff, but that is one of the most blatant no-calls of pass interference I have ever seen, and I've watched a lot of football.
Video 4: Tommy Dreamer call out The Dudley Boyz
This video is from an ECW show in 1998. Tommy Dreamer enters the ring wearing a Nirvana shirt. Apparently, he is not happy that the Dudley Boyz have recently injured his girlfriend, Beulah McGillicutty, with their 3-D finisher, so he calls out any of Dudleys. Like any good ECW wrestler, he curses a lot while calling out the Dudleys. D-Von comes out wearing a pink tanktop and answers the call. Tommy has the advantage and starts firing away at D-Von, but if you attack one Dudley, you attack them all, as the rest of the Dudley crew comes out. They beat on Tommy some and Tommy takes a 3-D himself. While the Dudleys stomp away, New Jack, Spike Dudley, Axl Rotten, and Balls Mahoney come out, and they chase the Dudleys out of the ring. Afterwards, a message proclaims that ECW has no cross-dressing basketball players and no Hulk Hogan. Well, good for them.
Well, I'm getting tired so I'm going to go to bed. Tomorrow, I'll have an all new Canon Review for you to feast your eyes on. Thanks for reading, and remember, if you have any ideas for future reviews, or comments about this or previous reviews, then send them to me either by e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com or by leaving a comment on the blog.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Fun with YouTube Recommendations: Sept. 30, 2010
Well, I had a couple of ideas about reviews for The Canon Review, but they'll probably take a while to do, and I want to go to bed soon, so I've decided to do a quick little post dedicated to videos that a web site tells me to watch based on other videos I've watched on the same site. So, let's get started, shall we.
Video 1: 80s Christopher Cross Ride Like the Wind - This is by far my favorite Christopher Cross song, although that's not saying a lot since I know about three Christopher Cross songs. This is a live performance from 1979. Two things about this video, one, check out the guitarist doing backup vocals at about 1:45. It looks as if he's a fish chomping down on a hook. Two, I don't want to judge a book by its cover, but I have a hard time believing a guy like Christopher Cross is the type of guy that's 'lived nine lives, gunned down ten' as the lyrics suggest. Despite that, it's still quite a catchy song.
Video 2: Super Bowl XX: Bears vs. Patriots - Last 2:00 - Like the title says, this is the last two minutes of Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots. It's not very exciting, since the Bears were up 46-10 at the time. All the Bears do is run out the clock with Thomas Sanders three times before ending the game. But at least Sanders had a couple of good runs. The announcers (Dick Enberg, Bob Griese, and Merlin Olsen of Mitchell fame) speculate about whether or not the Bears' success will last for a few years. Well, it did and it didn't, as the Bears won a lot of games the next three years, but only won one playoff game during that time before collapsing to a 6-10 mark in 1989. After the game, both coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan are carried on their' players shoulders in celebration, which is kind of symbolic in that both men had a power struggle for years before Ryan left to coach the Philadelphia Eagles. It's not the most action packed video ever, but it is a nice piece of football history as the Bears celebrate their only Super Bowl win thus far.
Video 3: Deion Sanders - Must be the Money - Prime Time may be one of the most exciting players to play football, but as a rapper, he makes Shaquille O'Neal look like Dr. Dre. In this classic from 1994, Deion raps about having a lot of money, and spends the music video showing off the lifestyle that his money has brought him. The song is rather repetitive, as half of it is just Deion saying "must be the money" followed by his backup singers repeating that mantra. Deion also wears a hot pink suit throughout much of the video, which is a look that's probably best left in the 1990s. Overall, at least Deion's not as bad a rapper as Macho Man Randy Savage, so he's got that going for him.
Video 4: Kidd Video Opening Song - Remember the 1980s cartoon Kidd Video? Yeah, me neither. From what I can tell, Kidd Video was about a four person band who gets sucked up into a cartoon world in order to become some fat guy's musical saves. With the help of a fairy in leggings with a powerful sneeze, the band fights off being controlled by the evil fat man and try to make the world a better place, or something like that. Also, some of the show takes place in the physical world, so half of the show is a cartoon and half of it isn't, if that makes sense. Perhaps I should watch an episode or two of this Kidd Video. I just want to know how this video ended up in my recommendations. Also, is it me, or does that kid in the purple shirt look like he's thirty?
I think that's enough video madness for now. Well, thanks for reading, and if you have any ideas for future reviews, or comments about this review, then share them either by leaving a comment or by sending me an e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com.
Video 1: 80s Christopher Cross Ride Like the Wind - This is by far my favorite Christopher Cross song, although that's not saying a lot since I know about three Christopher Cross songs. This is a live performance from 1979. Two things about this video, one, check out the guitarist doing backup vocals at about 1:45. It looks as if he's a fish chomping down on a hook. Two, I don't want to judge a book by its cover, but I have a hard time believing a guy like Christopher Cross is the type of guy that's 'lived nine lives, gunned down ten' as the lyrics suggest. Despite that, it's still quite a catchy song.
Video 2: Super Bowl XX: Bears vs. Patriots - Last 2:00 - Like the title says, this is the last two minutes of Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots. It's not very exciting, since the Bears were up 46-10 at the time. All the Bears do is run out the clock with Thomas Sanders three times before ending the game. But at least Sanders had a couple of good runs. The announcers (Dick Enberg, Bob Griese, and Merlin Olsen of Mitchell fame) speculate about whether or not the Bears' success will last for a few years. Well, it did and it didn't, as the Bears won a lot of games the next three years, but only won one playoff game during that time before collapsing to a 6-10 mark in 1989. After the game, both coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan are carried on their' players shoulders in celebration, which is kind of symbolic in that both men had a power struggle for years before Ryan left to coach the Philadelphia Eagles. It's not the most action packed video ever, but it is a nice piece of football history as the Bears celebrate their only Super Bowl win thus far.
Video 3: Deion Sanders - Must be the Money - Prime Time may be one of the most exciting players to play football, but as a rapper, he makes Shaquille O'Neal look like Dr. Dre. In this classic from 1994, Deion raps about having a lot of money, and spends the music video showing off the lifestyle that his money has brought him. The song is rather repetitive, as half of it is just Deion saying "must be the money" followed by his backup singers repeating that mantra. Deion also wears a hot pink suit throughout much of the video, which is a look that's probably best left in the 1990s. Overall, at least Deion's not as bad a rapper as Macho Man Randy Savage, so he's got that going for him.
Video 4: Kidd Video Opening Song - Remember the 1980s cartoon Kidd Video? Yeah, me neither. From what I can tell, Kidd Video was about a four person band who gets sucked up into a cartoon world in order to become some fat guy's musical saves. With the help of a fairy in leggings with a powerful sneeze, the band fights off being controlled by the evil fat man and try to make the world a better place, or something like that. Also, some of the show takes place in the physical world, so half of the show is a cartoon and half of it isn't, if that makes sense. Perhaps I should watch an episode or two of this Kidd Video. I just want to know how this video ended up in my recommendations. Also, is it me, or does that kid in the purple shirt look like he's thirty?
I think that's enough video madness for now. Well, thanks for reading, and if you have any ideas for future reviews, or comments about this review, then share them either by leaving a comment or by sending me an e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Brett Favre is BACK! I think, and more fun with YouTube reccomendations
Well boys and girls, it seems as if our national crisis is over. Brett Favre is in Minnesota right now and all sings are pointing to Favre coming back for a 93rd season in the NFL. Personally I'm disappointed, as I thought Favre would drag the suspense out one more week before coming back. But Favre's back and his return can only mean one thing, that football season has officially begun. I'm so excited that I can't think straight, so I'm going to watch a few videos that YouTube tells me to watch and share my thoughts about them.
Video 1: Brett Favre's First Completion
Actually, this wasn't a recommendation, I just wanted to see a Brett Favre video. This video is of a young Brett Favre in 1992 playing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who at this time were still wearing their hideous orange and white uniforms. In this clip, Favre rolls out to the right and throws, but his pass is tipped by defensive end Ray Seals. Favre, ever the competitor, is undaunted by this turn of events, and proceeds to catch the live ball himself. This doesn't go well for Mr. Favre, as he is quickly tackled for a loss. So, yes, Brett Favre's first completed pass was to himself. Also, even as a youngster, the announcers are quick to point out the competivness of Brett Favre. If he pulled this same play this year, I'm sure whoever is announcing will have an on-air orgasm explaining how Brett Favre 'just likes to have fun out there' Especially if those idiots on the ESPN Monday Night Football crew call the game. I don't think there's a football player those guys don't love, especially Jon Gruden, who gushes over quarterbacks ad nauseum. But I digress.
Video 2: Bobby Heenan unveils Narcissist Lex Luger
Well, this was rather interesting. I believe after watching this video that not only is the Narcissist in love with himself, but Bobby Heenan is in love with the Narciassist. The whole video is five minutes of Luger posing in front of a mirror while Heenan prods him on by saying things such as 'Don't tease us Lex, show us', and "oh, are you ever put together". Finally, Luger stops posing to drop some knowledge on us, telling us that all the other wrestlers will bow down on their knees before him, and that he is the "most mesamorphically, magnificent physical specimen" Luger threatens Heenan's former charge Mr. Perfect some and that's all there is to it. After the interview, Heenan says that this is the "highlight of my career". I'm 99.9% sure that Heenan would not say the same about this moment today. Anyway, the Narcissist made such an impact that he was repacked a mere six months later as Lex Luger, the All-American.
Video 3: ESPN MLB Commercial
I believe that this commercial is from 2007, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, it's just a basic commercial which describes how much you love baseball or something like that. I wouldn't think that I needed to be told how and why I came to love baseball, but by golly ESPN does that for me anyway. Maybe I'm just tired, but I did not care much for this commercial. Perhaps you will like it more.
Video 4: The Price is Right: Temptation Goof from 1983:
In this clip of a Price is Right episode from back in the day, a woman is playing a game called Temptation, where she must select a number from the prices of four items to guess the correct price of a new car. It's hard to believe that the price of a new car could be less than 10,000 dollars, but here we are. The person can either take the four prizes and walk away, or try to play for the car. If they win the car, they also get the other prizes, if not they win nothing. Usually they play for the car. The prizes are a $350 dollar space heater, some luggage, an electronic blood pressure reader, and a touchtone telephone which must have been a big deal at this time, because it was valued at $550 dollars. I wouldn't pay more than five dollars for that phone today. Anyway, the lady chooses her numbers, and gets the first three right without a problem. But as Bob Barker pushes the button to reveal the fourth number, the door won't drop. Bob tries and tries, but the blasted thing won't work. Bob explains to the lady that she will have to wait until the next day. The lady then tries to push the button and what do you know? It works and she won the car. To be honest, I think they made up a malfunction just to build up suspense, but hey, that's showbuisness for you. I wonder what happened to all of those prizes?
Well, I think I'll stop for now. Tommorrow I will try to have two posts on the Canon Review, but I'm not promising anything. I will promise that soon justice is coming to The Canon Review, and by justice I mean TNA's Hardcore Justice 2010. I can feel your excitement coming from your various internet connections. Remember, if you have any ideas for future reviews, or comments on this post, then send them to me either by e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com or by leaving a comment on the blog.
Video 1: Brett Favre's First Completion
Actually, this wasn't a recommendation, I just wanted to see a Brett Favre video. This video is of a young Brett Favre in 1992 playing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who at this time were still wearing their hideous orange and white uniforms. In this clip, Favre rolls out to the right and throws, but his pass is tipped by defensive end Ray Seals. Favre, ever the competitor, is undaunted by this turn of events, and proceeds to catch the live ball himself. This doesn't go well for Mr. Favre, as he is quickly tackled for a loss. So, yes, Brett Favre's first completed pass was to himself. Also, even as a youngster, the announcers are quick to point out the competivness of Brett Favre. If he pulled this same play this year, I'm sure whoever is announcing will have an on-air orgasm explaining how Brett Favre 'just likes to have fun out there' Especially if those idiots on the ESPN Monday Night Football crew call the game. I don't think there's a football player those guys don't love, especially Jon Gruden, who gushes over quarterbacks ad nauseum. But I digress.
Video 2: Bobby Heenan unveils Narcissist Lex Luger
Well, this was rather interesting. I believe after watching this video that not only is the Narcissist in love with himself, but Bobby Heenan is in love with the Narciassist. The whole video is five minutes of Luger posing in front of a mirror while Heenan prods him on by saying things such as 'Don't tease us Lex, show us', and "oh, are you ever put together". Finally, Luger stops posing to drop some knowledge on us, telling us that all the other wrestlers will bow down on their knees before him, and that he is the "most mesamorphically, magnificent physical specimen" Luger threatens Heenan's former charge Mr. Perfect some and that's all there is to it. After the interview, Heenan says that this is the "highlight of my career". I'm 99.9% sure that Heenan would not say the same about this moment today. Anyway, the Narcissist made such an impact that he was repacked a mere six months later as Lex Luger, the All-American.
Video 3: ESPN MLB Commercial
I believe that this commercial is from 2007, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, it's just a basic commercial which describes how much you love baseball or something like that. I wouldn't think that I needed to be told how and why I came to love baseball, but by golly ESPN does that for me anyway. Maybe I'm just tired, but I did not care much for this commercial. Perhaps you will like it more.
Video 4: The Price is Right: Temptation Goof from 1983:
In this clip of a Price is Right episode from back in the day, a woman is playing a game called Temptation, where she must select a number from the prices of four items to guess the correct price of a new car. It's hard to believe that the price of a new car could be less than 10,000 dollars, but here we are. The person can either take the four prizes and walk away, or try to play for the car. If they win the car, they also get the other prizes, if not they win nothing. Usually they play for the car. The prizes are a $350 dollar space heater, some luggage, an electronic blood pressure reader, and a touchtone telephone which must have been a big deal at this time, because it was valued at $550 dollars. I wouldn't pay more than five dollars for that phone today. Anyway, the lady chooses her numbers, and gets the first three right without a problem. But as Bob Barker pushes the button to reveal the fourth number, the door won't drop. Bob tries and tries, but the blasted thing won't work. Bob explains to the lady that she will have to wait until the next day. The lady then tries to push the button and what do you know? It works and she won the car. To be honest, I think they made up a malfunction just to build up suspense, but hey, that's showbuisness for you. I wonder what happened to all of those prizes?
Well, I think I'll stop for now. Tommorrow I will try to have two posts on the Canon Review, but I'm not promising anything. I will promise that soon justice is coming to The Canon Review, and by justice I mean TNA's Hardcore Justice 2010. I can feel your excitement coming from your various internet connections. Remember, if you have any ideas for future reviews, or comments on this post, then send them to me either by e-mail at KtheC2001@gmail.com or by leaving a comment on the blog.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Fun with YouTube Recommendations: July 17, 2010
First of all, sorry for the lack of activity lately around here, as things have been a bit wacky the last few days. Hopefully, I will get back to a more consistent schedule at The Canon Review in the upcoming days. For now, to ease myself back into posting, I decided to watch a few videos that YouTube has recommended for me to watch based on previous videos I had viewed before. So, let's see what the machine has for me to watch today.
Video 1: 1987 NBA Draft - 12 - Tyrone Bogues, Wake Forest
First we get an interview with then Boston Celtics president Red Auerbach, one of basketball's most legendary figures. He agrees with San Antonio's selection of Navy center David Robinson with the first pick, a pick that was heavily criticized at the time due to Robinson having to serve a two-year commitment in the Navy and therefore, not being able to play right away. Looking back, the Spurs made the right pick. Auerbach also is surprised that so many guards were taken this early, and wondered how the Indiana Pacers fanbase would react to the team selecting Reggie Miller over local favorite Steve Alford. Of course, Miller had a hall-of-fame career with the Pacers, so I think the fans ended up satisfied with the picks. After the interview, the Washington Bullets turn their selection in the while the announcers speculate just who will be picked or if the trick will be traded. Commissioner David Stern announces that the Bullets selected point guard Tyrone Bouges with the 12th pick in the draft, which gets a mixed reaction from the announcers, but the crowd seems to like it. Bouges, nicknamed Muggsy, is a 5'3" guard from Wake Forest who the announcers say was projected to be a second-round selection. I think the Bullets may have reached here, but anytime you can team up the shortest (Bouges) and tallest player (Manute Bol) in NBA History, you've got to do it. Plus, Bouges is from the Washington D.C. area, so at least the fanbase will be happy. We get a highlight package of Bouges from his Wake Forest days, and the anaylsts seemed to think he had a good chance of becoming a decent NBA player. Also, we get an interview from Bouges himself, who expresses his excitement about playing for the Bullets. Well, Bouges only played one year for the Bullets before the Charlotte Hornets took him in the 1989 expansion draft. After that, Bouges settled in as the Hornets point guard for the next nine years, and currently ranks 16th all-time in assists in NBA history. So while the Bullets didn't get much out of the pick, it wasn't a bad pick, and the mistake the Bullets made was getting rid of Bouges too early.
Video 2: Eternal Champions Commercial
Remember the Sega Genesis game Eternal Champions? Well, Eternal Champions was Sega's attempt to cash in on the fighting game craze of the early 90s caused by Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II. It wasn't quite as good as those other two games, nor was it as popular, but overall it wasn't too bad. This commercial, however, is just awful. Apparently, playing Eternal Champions is such an intense experience that it will twist your face into all sorts of grotesque positions. Um, ok. After seeing that commercial, I don't exactly want to play Eternal Champions right now.
Video 3: Raw 15: Shane McMahon on Nitro
I guess this clip is from some DVD or something, because it includes interviews from a couple of guys in between showing Shane McMahon showing up on the last edition of WCW Nitro. Edge was shocked, SHOCKED by this turn of events. Anyway, the video's basically a clip of Shane McMahon showing up and saying he "bought" WCW, and that's how one of the biggest companies in wrestling history ended, with Shane freakin' McMahon on the screen. Whoopee. I'm not going to go into what happened after this clip, because it would just make me angry.
Video 4: TNA Impact 7/15/10 Part 10/10 (HQ)
Ok, this wasn't on my recommendations page but dang it, I wanted to watch it and comment on it anyway. In their never ending quest to make themselves relevant on the wrestling scene, TNA has decided that now is the time for yet another ECW invasion. First of all, they tried this sort of thing like seven years ago and nobody cared about it then. Second, the WWE did it already five years ago, and since they own all of the ECW copyrights and had a more talented group of wrestlers available, they were able to make a success out of it with One Night Stand. Of course, that led to the ill-fated ECW brand a year later, but still it was a huge success at the time. Now it's been almost ten years since ECW had their last show, most of the wrestlers involved are either broken-down, retired, or dead, and TNA decides that now is the perfect time to stage an ECW invasion. So they bring in Tommy Dreamer, Stevie Richards, and Raven, team Rhyno up with them, and have all of them beat up on security and other TNA wrestlers. Of course, it doesn't look very extreme, and seems more like a standstill than a full-out beatdown, but whatever. Then you have the president of TNA get a mic and say, hold on a minute, I invited these guys. Why? exactly, were these people invited to beat up the roster, well tune in to Impact next week to find out. Look, I was as big a fan of ECW as anyone else, but this whole angle stinks, and just seems like another desperate attempt by TNA to get some people to watch their crappy show. Instead of relying on wrestlers successful a decade ago and tired and recycled ideas, TNA should, try something, anything, that's an original idea, but their braintrust is all stuck in the 1990s and even the rumors of Paul Heyman taking over the book won't change that mindset. Enjoy the video!
Well, thanks for reading, and I hope to have something else up over the next 12 hours or so. Until then, if you have any thoughts about this or other posts, than feel free to leave a comment. And if you ideas for future reviews, than send them to me at kthec2001@gmail.com
Video 1: 1987 NBA Draft - 12 - Tyrone Bogues, Wake Forest
First we get an interview with then Boston Celtics president Red Auerbach, one of basketball's most legendary figures. He agrees with San Antonio's selection of Navy center David Robinson with the first pick, a pick that was heavily criticized at the time due to Robinson having to serve a two-year commitment in the Navy and therefore, not being able to play right away. Looking back, the Spurs made the right pick. Auerbach also is surprised that so many guards were taken this early, and wondered how the Indiana Pacers fanbase would react to the team selecting Reggie Miller over local favorite Steve Alford. Of course, Miller had a hall-of-fame career with the Pacers, so I think the fans ended up satisfied with the picks. After the interview, the Washington Bullets turn their selection in the while the announcers speculate just who will be picked or if the trick will be traded. Commissioner David Stern announces that the Bullets selected point guard Tyrone Bouges with the 12th pick in the draft, which gets a mixed reaction from the announcers, but the crowd seems to like it. Bouges, nicknamed Muggsy, is a 5'3" guard from Wake Forest who the announcers say was projected to be a second-round selection. I think the Bullets may have reached here, but anytime you can team up the shortest (Bouges) and tallest player (Manute Bol) in NBA History, you've got to do it. Plus, Bouges is from the Washington D.C. area, so at least the fanbase will be happy. We get a highlight package of Bouges from his Wake Forest days, and the anaylsts seemed to think he had a good chance of becoming a decent NBA player. Also, we get an interview from Bouges himself, who expresses his excitement about playing for the Bullets. Well, Bouges only played one year for the Bullets before the Charlotte Hornets took him in the 1989 expansion draft. After that, Bouges settled in as the Hornets point guard for the next nine years, and currently ranks 16th all-time in assists in NBA history. So while the Bullets didn't get much out of the pick, it wasn't a bad pick, and the mistake the Bullets made was getting rid of Bouges too early.
Video 2: Eternal Champions Commercial
Remember the Sega Genesis game Eternal Champions? Well, Eternal Champions was Sega's attempt to cash in on the fighting game craze of the early 90s caused by Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II. It wasn't quite as good as those other two games, nor was it as popular, but overall it wasn't too bad. This commercial, however, is just awful. Apparently, playing Eternal Champions is such an intense experience that it will twist your face into all sorts of grotesque positions. Um, ok. After seeing that commercial, I don't exactly want to play Eternal Champions right now.
Video 3: Raw 15: Shane McMahon on Nitro
I guess this clip is from some DVD or something, because it includes interviews from a couple of guys in between showing Shane McMahon showing up on the last edition of WCW Nitro. Edge was shocked, SHOCKED by this turn of events. Anyway, the video's basically a clip of Shane McMahon showing up and saying he "bought" WCW, and that's how one of the biggest companies in wrestling history ended, with Shane freakin' McMahon on the screen. Whoopee. I'm not going to go into what happened after this clip, because it would just make me angry.
Video 4: TNA Impact 7/15/10 Part 10/10 (HQ)
Ok, this wasn't on my recommendations page but dang it, I wanted to watch it and comment on it anyway. In their never ending quest to make themselves relevant on the wrestling scene, TNA has decided that now is the time for yet another ECW invasion. First of all, they tried this sort of thing like seven years ago and nobody cared about it then. Second, the WWE did it already five years ago, and since they own all of the ECW copyrights and had a more talented group of wrestlers available, they were able to make a success out of it with One Night Stand. Of course, that led to the ill-fated ECW brand a year later, but still it was a huge success at the time. Now it's been almost ten years since ECW had their last show, most of the wrestlers involved are either broken-down, retired, or dead, and TNA decides that now is the perfect time to stage an ECW invasion. So they bring in Tommy Dreamer, Stevie Richards, and Raven, team Rhyno up with them, and have all of them beat up on security and other TNA wrestlers. Of course, it doesn't look very extreme, and seems more like a standstill than a full-out beatdown, but whatever. Then you have the president of TNA get a mic and say, hold on a minute, I invited these guys. Why? exactly, were these people invited to beat up the roster, well tune in to Impact next week to find out. Look, I was as big a fan of ECW as anyone else, but this whole angle stinks, and just seems like another desperate attempt by TNA to get some people to watch their crappy show. Instead of relying on wrestlers successful a decade ago and tired and recycled ideas, TNA should, try something, anything, that's an original idea, but their braintrust is all stuck in the 1990s and even the rumors of Paul Heyman taking over the book won't change that mindset. Enjoy the video!
Well, thanks for reading, and I hope to have something else up over the next 12 hours or so. Until then, if you have any thoughts about this or other posts, than feel free to leave a comment. And if you ideas for future reviews, than send them to me at kthec2001@gmail.com
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